The Martha’s Vineyard Community Foundation (MVCF) awarded $600,000 in grants to 53 local nonprofit organizations this year.
The funding is provided through MVCF’s 2026 Community and Impact Grants program and awards organizations that focus on issues ranging from food access, health care, arts and culture, and environmental initiatives.
The grants are offered annually to nonprofits that serve the Island community.
This year’s recipients include Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, Island Grown Initiative, Martha’s Vineyard Film Society, and the Aquinnah Cultural Center.
The amount of funding awarded by the grants program has doubled over the past four years, a MVCF press release said.
“We are thrilled to be making investments in a diverse array of projects that will impact the Island. In the last four years, the level of grant funding we have provided for community benefit has doubled. Thanks to our donors, we’re seeing that expansion make a significant difference in addressing pressing issues while [are] also preserving ongoing local traditions,” Paul Schulz, executive director of MVCF, said in the release.
